Southern Europe (CH 12 GEO)
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- Q1
a body of mountain ranges formed by tectonic forces characteristic of
the Pyrenees
Ebro
city-state
massif
Iberian Peninsula
30s - Q2
a very rare heavy-metal element essential to high-tech industry, mined along the Pyrenees
Ebro
tungsten
Alps
silver
30s - Q3
a place where an ecosystem has been killed or degraded by human
activity, as exemplified by dead zones in the Mediterranean Sea
Renaissance
deforestation
pollution hot spot
erosion
30s - Q4
an independently governed community and surrounding lands, such as ancient Athens and Sparta
Renaissance
city-state
Iberian Peninsula
Alps
30s - Q5
the period of cultural rebirth beginning in Italy during the 1300s
Ebro
Renaissance
tungsten
Enlightenment
30s - Q6
the landform of Southern Europe which includes Spain and Portugal
Iberian Peninsula
Alps
Italian Peninsula
city-state
30s - Q7
an environmental consequence of hotter, drier conditions and the fires this climate change may produce
city-state
massif
pollution hot spot
deforestation
30s - Q8
the removal of topsoil and the vegetation anchored by it, resulting in
desertification
erosion
deforestation
Ebro
pollution hot spot
30s - Q9
the longest river in Spain, used for hydroelectric power, but inaccessible to boats
Renaissance
Ebro
Alps
Nile
30s - Q10
the largest mountain range in Europe, separating the marine west coast climate to the north and the warm Mediterranean climate to the south
Alps
Rocky Mountains
Massif
Erosion
30s - Q11
Tourism is a major component of Southern Europe’s economy. This is an example of the region’s increasing dependence on the ____________________ sector.
services
agricultural
manufacturing
financial
30s - Q12
Which describes the population pattern of Southern Europe today?
unchanged
growing sharply
declining
growing modestly
30s - Q13
Which characterizes winters in Southern Europe?
cool and dry
mild and rainy
warm and rainy
cold and snowy
30s - Q14
Which lists a geographical feature that has kept the Balkan Peninsula isolated and slow to develop economically, and another feature that has helped to off set, or balance, that isolation?
surrounded by three seas/mountainous terrain
mountainous terrain/surrounded by three seas
network of non-navigable rivers/flat, inland plains
Alpine mountains/network of navigable rivers
30s - Q15
Which political-historical process led Southern Europe to transition from city-states and ethnic regions into modern countries?
nationalism
Renaissance
colonialism
complementarity
30s